Parshas Terumah
This week we look at the Ark of the Covenant. We are given exact instructions in the Torah how to build the Ark, how it looks and how it is to be carried. No one can see the Ark while it is moving and when it is put inside the Miskan, only one person in the world is allowed to see it.
This is a paradigm for our relationship with God. We are given exact instructions about how to set up our lives, but in the end we cannot see God. We pray to God, and we trust that everything that happens to us is for the best. We need to have faith. The Ark of the Covenant is about faith. Faith in God, faith in the commandments and faith ultimately in ourselves. We do what is right, not for ulterior motives, but because it is right. The laws of the Torah are given to us to nudge us in the right direction. Choose Life, Choose the good. Choose the truth.
Rachael Orbach
30 Shvat 5771 Rosh Chodesh Adar Aleph
Jerusalem
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